Hose-supporter.



No. 825,257. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906..

A. M. WILSON.

HOSE SUPPORTBR. APPILIYUATION nun mas, 1906 W %%7 1 By M ATTMNEYS UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOSE-SUPPQR'FER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed March 3, 1905. Serial No. 248,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT MoN oE WIL- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and aresident of Cherokee, in the county of Cherokee and Stateof Iowa, have inventednew and Improved Hose-Supporters, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and; exact description.

The invention relates to hose-support'ers such, for instance, as shownand described in the Letters Patent of the United States N 0. 755,97 9,granted to me March 29, 1904.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improvedhose-supporter and belt forthe same arranged to provide an abdominal padwithout danger of forming wrinkles and binding the wearer on walking,stooping, or bending sidewise, to obviate the use of undesirablemetallic connecting-pieces, and to form a convenient means for theattachment of the hose-supporter straps of ordinary construction or suchas shown and described in my patent above referred to.

The invention consists of novel features and arts and combinations ofthe same, as will fife more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlargedsectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Figs. 3and 4 are front elevations of modified forms of the improvement.

The waistband A (shown in Fig. 1) has a portion A between its endsfolded or doubled up to form diverging members A A which constitute theV-shaped front of the waistband. The waistband A can be opened or closedfor conveniently applying it to the wearers body or removing ittherefrom, and for this purpose a buckle B is provided secured to oneend of the waistband and adapted to receive the other end thereof, thebuckle being preferably attached to the terminal of one of the divergingmembers A or A A band C is placed around the folded-up portion A and thelower ends of the members A and A and the band is secured by saidwaistband portions to maintain the members A and A in a divergingposition and to form an abdominal pad, which is preferably rectangularin shape.

The doubled-up portion A forms a loop stitches D to the.

for receiving the eye E of a supportingguide E, in which slides freely acord F, secured at its ends by stitches D to the band C, at the sidesthereof, the said band being formed at its sides into eyes C for thereception of the said cord ends, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2, theeyes C lying outside the outer side edges of the members A A". The cordF formsloops between its attached. ends and the supporting-guide E, andthe said cord-loops are engaged by strap-guides G, pivotally connectedwith the hangers H of straps I, having the usual ends J and attaching.devices for engaging the hose at opposite sides.

In the modified form shown waistband A- portion secured to the band C,which forms the abdominal pad and from which extend the divergingmembers A and A of the waistband, the member A free end the buckle B, towhich the other end of the waistband is adapted to be secured. From theband C depend the straps I, carrying the usual ends J, having devicesfor engaging the hose at opposite sides.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 4 the waistband A has one divergingmember A and a separate band A forms the other diverging member, themembers A and A crossing each other at the band C, and the said membersare extended below the said band to form integral straps A and A havingthe usual ends I provided with attaching devices for engaging the hoseat opposite sides. The free end of the member A is provided with abuckle B for receiving the end of the waistband A to secure the latterin position on the wearers body.

By the arrangement described the waistband is provided with an abdominalpad adapted to extend over the abdominal region of the user of thedevice, and the abdominal pad is made of a flexible material, so as toreadily conform to the said abdominal portion.

In the device shown in Fig. 1 the cord F on account of being free totravel in the supporting-guide E readily accommodates uneven pull of thehose-straps I, especially when the person is walking, stooping, orbending sidewise, and at the same time the pull exerted by the cord F onthe ends of. the band C tends to hold the latter at all times in properposition relative to the abdominal portion of the wearers body.

in Fig. 3 the has its folded or doubled-up.

carrying at its Having thus described my invention, I I a divergingV-shape position, a supporting claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A hose-supporter belt comprising a waistband foldedupon itself at the front intermediate of its ends, to form divergingmembers, a band-like pad passed around the folded portions, to maintainthe members in a diverging V-shape position, a buckle for connecting anddisconnecting the ends of the said waistband at one side, a distanceabove the said pad, and hose-straps depending from the pad.

2. A hose-supporter comprising a waistband folded upon itself at thefront, to form diverging members, a pad secured to the folded portions,to maintain the members in a diverging V-shape position, hose-supportingstraps, and a device carrying the said hose-supporting straps, thedevice having connection with the said folded portion of the waistbandand the said pad.

3. A hose-supporter comprising a waist-' band folded upon itself at thefront, to form diverging members, a pad secured to the folded portions,to maintain the members in guide hung in the folded portion of thewaistband, a cord formed into separate loops and fixed at its ends tothe sides of the said pad, the cord having a sliding connection with thesaid supporting-guide, and hose-straps having strap-guides runningfreely in the said loops.

4. A hose supporter belt comprising a Waistband folded upon itself atthe front to form diverging members, a band passed around the foldedportion and secured thereto, to maintain the members in a divergingposition; the said band forming a rectangular abdominal pad,hose-supporting straps, and means for connecting the hose-supportingstraps with the folded portion of the Waistband and with the pad.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT MONROE WILSON. I

Witnesses:

F. J. STANosHEoK, L. R. STANOSHECK.

